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A natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking
A feeling, idea or guess based on intuition rather than fact
A natural propensity or skill of a specified kind
The brain and (by extension) its ability for rational thought
A person's emotional, visceral self
That which must be done out of principle
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▲
Noun
▲
A natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking
intuition
insight
sense
inclination
tendency
predisposition
proclivity
impulse
propensity
nose
faculty
disposition
urge
leaning
penchant
savvy
aptitude
knack
proneness
susceptibility
affinity
habit
compulsion
drive
need
talent
character
constitution
makeup
nature
reflex
inherent tendency
ingrained tendency
innate tendency
natural inclination
gut reaction
inborn tendency
inner prompting
know-how
natural tendency
natural feeling
intrinsic tendency
desire
wish
whim
longing
yearning
yen
bent
fancy
appetite
caprice
craving
hunger
thirst
hankering
whimsy
passion
lust
pining
predilection
itch
appetency
vagary
notion
aptness
liability
readiness
propension
liking
inclining
ache
kink
appetence
whimsey
conceit
megrim
imagination
jones
letch
thirstiness
motivation
aptness to
knack for
predisposition to
proneness to
way of
tendency to
bent for
penchant for
propensity for
readiness to
inclination to
liability to
habit of
leaning towards
disposition to
impulsion
thought
motive
resolve
feeling
hunch
mind
more ❯
“I guess if you write stories, it's just an
instinct
to type at a certain speed.”
Noun
▲
A feeling, idea or guess based on intuition rather than fact
intuition
feeling
hunch
impression
guess
suspicion
sentiment
perception
thought
inkling
sentimentality
idea
premonition
intuitiveness
emotion
notion
presentiment
fancy
divination
heart
augury
anticipation
expectation
foresight
gut
forewisdom
preapprehension
vibes
second sight
gut feeling
funny feeling
sixth sense
sneaking suspicion
preconceived notion
feeling in one's bones
keen intuition
insight
awareness
inclination
gut reaction
foreknowledge
perceptiveness
instinctiveness
belief
sense
conviction
hint
insightfulness
clairvoyance
clue
ESP
penetration
sensitivity
nose
extrasensory perception
passion
telepathy
discernment
perceptivity
presage
consideration
indication
foreboding
inspiration
apprehension
flash
surmise
gift for detecting
forewarning
portent
misgiving
forecast
boding
gift for discovering
prescience
savvy
faculty
precognition
innate knowledge
presagement
prenotice
auguration
omination
prenotation
glimmer
opinion
view
estimation
assumption
viewpoint
attitude
judgement
UK
thinking
judgment
US
theory
hypothesis
way of thinking
point of view
vague feeling
sinking feeling
prenotion
bad feeling
sign
prognostication
bad vibes
foreshadowing
chill
anxiety
worry
fear
omen
apprehensiveness
dread
warning
worriment
intimation
conception
faintest
knowledge
signal
suggestion
foggiest
handwriting on wall
vague idea
foggiest idea
faintest idea
faintest notion
foggiest notion
consciousness
satori
whiff
sniff
prevision
wind
feeling in one's water
admonition
vision
wariness
vibrations
winds
disquietude
harbinger
wake-up call
wind change
herald
winds of change
feeling in your bones
prediction
foretoken
auspice
perturbation
prophecy
threat
creepy feeling
prognostic
prefiguring
promise
bodement
menace
ill omen
handwriting on the wall
straw in the wind
writing on the wall
slight knowledge
more ❯
“The second group was to make its decision based on
instinct
and gut feeling, with a dearth of data.”
Noun
▲
A natural propensity or skill of a specified kind
talent
aptitude
capacity
gift
ability
bent
knack
faculty
flair
skill
genius
facility
feel
capability
aptness
expertise
forte
head
endowment
proficiency
propensity
dexterity
competence
prowess
finesse
know-how
expertness
power
cleverness
accomplishment
adroitness
mastery
nose
artistry
intelligence
clout
inclination
mind
brain
savvy
penchant
predilection
proclivity
fitness
suitability
smarts
strength
technique
potential
virtuosity
adeptness
leaning
turn
potentiality
competency
wherewithal
natural ability
means
property
right stuff
function
readiness
quickness
giftedness
capableness
what it takes
sense
quality
mental ability
knowing way around
physical ability
touch
potency
skillfulness
nous
agency
calibre
UK
asset
skilfulness
chops
deftness
might
resourcefulness
qualification
skillset
competitiveness
savoir faire
effectiveness
caliber
US
superpower
command
efficacy
effectualness
dynamism
brilliance
specialty
US
attribute
attainment
acquirement
set
speciality
UK
numen
strong point
intuition
disposition
art
feeling
predisposition
intuitiveness
ingenuity
mastership
temperament
perceptivity
innate knowledge
perception
trick
sixth sense
craft
masterfulness
efficiency
métier
artfulness
handiness
strong suit
craftsmanship
skills
ableness
sharpness
metier
dexterousness
puissance
expertism
cunning
stuff
experience
thing
long suit
knowledge
artifice
bag
method
grasp
inventiveness
moxie
masterliness
workmanship
excellence
panache
polish
form
creativity
smartness
versatility
agility
imagination
wisdom
brains
grace
understanding
grip
poise
ingeniousness
class
nimbleness
department
savoir-faire
the goods
advantage
claim to fame
cup of tea
fluency
savviness
virtue
professionalism
originality
approach
wit
inspiration
sleight
slickness
brightness
niche
astuteness
way
medium
style
gumption
promise
makings
pizzazz
US
special ability
area
profession
pzazz
UK
dodge
sophistication
elegance
the right stuff
acumen
green thumb
abilities
talents
achievement
powers
cerebrum
psyche
feature
line
mentality
musical genius
habilitation
core
address
timing
niftiness
parts
thought
wizardry
personal talent
natural gift
nippiness
reach
qualities
mind for
upper hand
stature
adequacy
superability
background
manner
invention
energy
force
resources
creative power
refinement
goods
gracefulness
specialization
US
creativeness
human capital
judgement
UK
judgment
US
expert hand
imaginativeness
specialisation
UK
artistic ability
calling
hard skill
knowing inside out
great ability
innovativeness
up to it
innovation
execution
enterprise
the formula
insight
initiative
handiwork
awareness
trademark
familiarity
acquaintance
performance
secret
arena
finish
shrewdness
perceptiveness
acuity
stunt
exploit
feat
special talent
discipline
province
domain
realm
field
sphere
racket
intellect
field of study
pièce de résistance
area of specialization
branch of knowledge
special subject
quick-wittedness
mission
sharp-wittedness
thinking outside the box
device
hang
number
hang of something
hang of it
precociousness
precocity
braininess
sagacity
learnedness
suss
calculation
esprit
discernment
erudition
quick wits
quick wit
value
eminency
distinction
credit
plus
attraction
beauty
pro
recommendation
core competency
positive feature
good point
plus point
compensating feature
attractive feature
selling point
ace in the hole
ace up your sleeve
redeeming feature
more ❯
“He has a natural
instinct
for framing an argument.”
Noun
▲
The brain and (by extension) its ability for rational thought
mind
brain
wits
intellect
intelligence
psyche
reasoning
sense
understanding
brains
reason
brainpower
judgement
UK
judgment
US
perception
cognition
mentality
wisdom
wit
ego
faculties
head
imagination
ratiocination
subconscious
cerebrum
consciousness
focus
ingenuity
intellectuality
nous
percipience
smarts
apperception
brainbox
brain cells
cognizance
conception
creativity
daylights
function
intuition
kop
loaf
lucidity
powers of thought
sentience
spirit
thought
grey matter
intellectual capabilities
mental capacity
powers of comprehension
powers of reasoning
acumen
cleverness
savvy
comprehension
gray matter
discernment
shrewdness
brilliance
sagacity
headpiece
insight
perspicacity
sanity
thinker
acuity
astuteness
smartness
intellectual capacity
IQ
sharpness
aptitude
knowledge
precocity
common sense
intellectual power
mental acuity
mental ability
rationality
capacity
ability
brightness
keenness
braininess
marbles
sageness
sagaciousness
saneness
sharp-wittedness
mental agility
I.Q.
what it takes
brain power
awareness
canniness
grasp
alertness
gumption
intuitiveness
discrimination
knowingness
precociousness
sensibleness
quickness
quick-wittedness
know-how
clear-sightedness
quickness of mind
upper storey
the right stuff
horse sense
logic
apprehension
penetration
senses
cunning
sapience
perspicuity
perceptivity
perspicaciousness
perceptiveness
thoughtfulness
profundity
prudence
intellection
foxiness
bean
discretion
sound mind
caginess
cageyness
acuteness
cerebral matter
levelheadedness
discreetness
incisiveness
common
good sense
genius
competence
intelligence quotient
mental age
practicality
erudition
capability
level-headedness
cerebration
mental faculties
logical thought
scientific thinking
soundness
powers of intuition
savoir faire
great intelligence
fine mind
great intellect
tact
coherence
lucidness
clarity
mental health
mother wit
clear-headedness
soundness of judgement
native wit
faculty
ability to reason
aptness
trenchancy
soundness of mind
giftedness
telencephalon
sound judgment
right mind
clear mind
cognitive faculties
healthy mind
forebrain
endbrain
recognition
enlightenment
encephalon
powers of discernment
learning
regard
cerebellum
harns
observance
attention
notice
observation
think tank
medulla oblongata
skull
upper story
note
acknowledgment
US
need
thinking
acknowledgement
UK
conscious thought
policy
hardheadedness
esprit
practical intelligence
good judgment
clear thinking
judiciousness
vigilance
heedfulness
wariness
watchfulness
circumspection
pragmatism
consideration
tactfulness
forethought
foresight
providence
sophistication
experience
rationalness
commonsense
good judgement
good reasoning
presence of mind
arguteness
good eye
talent
flair
gift
education
intimacy
authority
appreciation
schooling
knack
bent
expertness
scholarship
mindfulness
worldliness
idea
realization
US
grip
acquaintance
learnedness
ingeniousness
acquaintanceship
sensibility
savviness
endowment
expertise
realisation
UK
familiarity with
intimacy with
acquaintance with
conversance with
knowing inside out
turn
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person's emotional, visceral self
blood
heart
gut
soul
bones
belly
bosom
core
breast
heartstrings
quick
inside
inner space
being
spirit
feelings
emotions
sentiments
bone
affections
sympathies
conscience
interior
center
US
centre
UK
seat of affections
inner being
intuition
seat of one's emotions
thoughts
character
psyche
mind
innermost being
essential nature
seat of the affections
seat of one's feelings
hub
centerpiece
US
epicenter
US
middle
nucleus
capital
nerve center
cynosure
eye
navel
mecca
central
epicentre
UK
centrepiece
UK
kernel
central part
essence
root
crux
gist
pith
nub
marrow
quintessence
substance
focus
axis
coal and ice
bull's-eye
pivot
net
keynote
nitty-gritty
seat
basic
nexus
sum
essential part
point
focal point
intrinsic nature
polestar
sum and substance
bottom line
meat
ground zero
locus
base
meat and potatoes
more ❯
Noun
▲
That which must be done out of principle
need
obligation
compulsion
duty
impetus
responsibility
commitment
motivation
devoir
imperative
incumbency
onus
burden
call
charge
motive
ought
cognition
office
task
do
business
role
engagement
job
assignment
function
commission
work
care
service
chore
mission
concern
pressure
liability
answerability
accountability
necessity
trust
calling
occupation
pledge
conscience
must
tie
exigency
urgency
coercion
post
brief
directive
warrant
consignment
place
detail
undertaking
operation
trouble
briefing
committal
pigeon
custody
remit
instruction
trial
boundness
contract
importance
buck
obligatoriness
constraint
station
tax
hardship
cross to bear
excess baggage
Herculean task
requirement
promise
understanding
culpability
accountableness
moral imperative
exercise
project
errand
enterprise
affair
position
objective
goal
capacity
endeavour
UK
appointment
endeavor
US
venture
activity
employment
load
province
effort
labor
US
labour
UK
piece of work
purpose
part
pursuit
process
thing
quest
piece of business
action
expedition
stint
exploit
aim
act
deed
plan
worry
vocation
campaign
contribution
interest
scheme
situation
proceeding
involvement
workload
albatross
adventure
gig
use
play
caseload
secondment
amount of work
command
trip
weight
department
designation
journey
formal order
baby
problem
procedure
field
encumbrance
placement
blameworthiness
berth
blame
attachment
billet
challenge
utility
attempt
practice
end
target
exploration
action item
object
raison d'être
participation
proposition
matter
deal
experiment
hazard
essay
move
try
feat
setup
work load
intention
stunt
tasks at hand
test
assigned work
intent
right
chargeability
beat
issue
prerogative
privilege
case
taskwork
profession
lifework
trade
placing
fun and games
moral obligation
person's task
long row to hoe
drill
job description
workplace
hand
tour of duty
maneuver
US
program
US
programme
UK
movement
transfer
say
fault
day job
pain
message
manoeuvre
UK
step
dealings
deployment
maneuvering
US
implementation
party
bit
share
side
mantle
shopping
run
collection
delivery
legal responsibility
sphere
preserve
difficult task
gauntlet
bother
inconvenience
headache
coordination
proceedings
event
servitude
industry
art
métier
focus
niche
chores
craft
rôle
behalf
faction
cause
allocation
relocation
guilt
wish
ambition
aspiration
doing
hope
pretension
desire
accomplishment
ideal
racket
holy grail
lookout
bag
behavior
US
faculty
connection
manoeuvring
UK
meaning
mark
power
behaviour
UK
rap
area of activity
area of interest
bailiwick
course of action
solution
strain
incrimination
entanglement
legation
embassy
line of country
ascription
millstone round one's neck
stress
transaction
game
point
affliction
reason
consideration
principle
wont
idea
destination
expectation
scope
way
sense
relevance
use of
avail
basis
design
application
difficulty
happening
striving
struggle
hindrance
cross
escapade
crusade
plunge
shot
assignation
drag
misfortune
what one is into
investment
caper
flutter
measure
gamble
flier
experience
speculation
flyer
stake
anxiety
punishment
stab
throw
fling
romp
wager
risk
jeopardy
course
peril
crapshoot
voyage
chance
shackle
cumber
imputation
credit
grievance
pet project
leap in the dark
entrepreneurship
spec
business enterprise
deadweight
chain
referral
millstone
unwanted responsibility
thorn in one's side
ball and chain
dead weight
attribution
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instinctive force
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